food; food products; foodstuffs
with a swoosh; at one fell swoop
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
to smack one's lips (over a dish); to eat with relish
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
deep emotion; strong feelings
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
towel blanket; terry-cloth blanket
thickness; profundity; depth
to cut into chunks; to chop into lumps
sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively
to crawl out of; to creep out of
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
hi!; yo!; hey man!; hey dude!
going back to sleep (e.g. after waking up in the morning)
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
display of fireworks; firework(s) display
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
to make a list; to enumerate
blank space; margin; blank canvas
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
keeping things tidy and in order
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to ask for too much; to expect too much
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
longed-for; anxiously awaited
air conditioning; air cooling
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
The Door into Summer (1957 novel by Robert A. Heinlein)
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly